VIEW Certified Configuration Guide

Xirrus, Inc.
XR-620, XR-630

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 Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction ....................................................... 4
Certified Product Summary .............................................................................................. 4
Known Limitations ............................................................................................................ 5
Spectralink References .................................................................................................... 5
Xirrus References ............................................................................................................. 7
Product Support ............................................................................................................... 7

Chapter 2: Overview ........................................................... 8

Network Topology............................................................................................................. 9

Chapter 3: Getting Started ................................................... 10

Out of the Box Configuration ..........................................................................................10
Software Upgrades ..........................................................................................................10
Diagnostics ......................................................................................................................11

Chapter 4: WLAN Configurations .......................................... 13

Security Settings .............................................................................................................13
WEP ..................................................................................................................................14
WPA-PSK ..........................................................................................................................16
WPA2-PSK ........................................................................................................................17
WPA2-Enterprise .............................................................................................................18
QoS ...................................................................................................................................19

Chapter 5: IAP Configurations .............................................. 21

Global Settings ................................................................................................................21

Chapter 6: Global bgn Settings ............................................. 24

Basic and Supported Rates ............................................................................................24
Individual IAP Settings ....................................................................................................25

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 Chapter 1: Introduction
Spectralinks Voice Interoperability for Enterprise Wireless (VIEW) Certification Program is
designed to ensure interoperability and high performance between PIVOT by Spectralink
(87-Series), 84-Series, and 8020/8030 Wireless Telephones and wireless LAN (WLAN)
infrastructure products.
The products listed below have been thoroughly tested in Spectralinks lab and have passed
VIEW Certification. This document details how to configure Xirrus platforms with Spectralink
Wireless Telephones.

Certified Product Summary

Manufacturer: Xirrus, Inc.

Certified products: XR-620, XR-630

AP Radio(s): 2.4 GHz (802.11b/g/n), 5 GHz (802.11a/n/ac)

Security: None, WEP, WPA-PSK, WPA2-PSK, WPA2-Enterprise (EAP-FAST and

PEAPv0/MSCHAPv2) with OKC

QoS: Wi-Fi Standard for Spectralink PIVOT, 8440/8441/8450/8452/8453,8020/8030

Network topology: Switched Ethernet (recommended)

AP software versions 7.2.8-5484

approved:

Handset* models tested: PIVOT models

Handset radio mode: 802.11b 802.11b/g 802.11bgn 802.11a & 802.11an

Meets VIEW minimum call 8 calls 8 calls 8 calls 10 calls

capacity per IAP:

Handset models tested: Spectralink 8440/8441/8450/8452/8453 Wireless Telephone

Handset radio mode: 802.11b 802.11b/g 802.11bgn 802.11a & 802.11an

Meets VIEW minimum call 8 calls 8 calls 8 calls 10 calls

capacity per IAP:

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Handset models tested: Spectralink 8020/8030 Wireless Telephone

Handset radio mode: 802.11b & b/g mixed. 802.11 g only 802.11a

Meets VIEW minimum call 6 calls 8 calls

capacity per IAP:
*Spectralink handset models and their OEM derivatives are verified compatible with the WLAN hardware
and software identified in the table. Throughout the remainder of this document they will be referred to
collectively as Spectralink Wireless Telephones, phones or handsets. When necessary to
differentiate, the 8440, 8441 (8440 with personal alarm hardware), 8450 (with 1D bar code reader), 8452
(with 1D and 2D bar code reader), and 8453 (8452 with personal alarm hardware) handsets will be
referred to collectively as the 84-Series handsets. All PIVOT models will be referred to collectively as
PIVOT handsets.
** Maximum calls tested per the VIEW Certification Test Plan. The certified product may actually support
a higher number of maximum calls
***WPA2-Enterprise and Wi-Fi Standard QoS are not available for Spectralink 8020/8030 handsets
connecting to PBXs using the TDM protocol through a Spectralink Telephony Gateway (phone type 30 on
the 8020/8030).

Known Limitations
8020/8030 handsets are not compatible with the N-Only AP mode. 84-Series handsets may be
used with the N-Only AP mode

Spectralink References
All Spectralink documents are available at http://support.spectralink.com.

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To go to a specific product page:

Select the Product Category and Product Type from the dropdown lists and then select the
product from the next page. All resources for that particular product are displayed by default
under the All tab. Documents, downloads and other resources are sorted by the date they were
created so the most recently created resource is at the top of the list. You can further sort the
list by the tabs across the top of the list to find exactly what you are looking for. Click the title to
open the link.

Support Documents
PIVOT by Spectralink Configuration Guide The PIVOT Configuration Guide provides detailed
information about PIVOT menu items that have been developed specifically for the PIVOT
handset.
Spectralink 87-Series Wireless Telephone Deployment Guide The Deployment Guide provides
sequential information for provisioning and deploying the handsets. It covers deployment using
the SLIC tool and CMS as well as manual deployment.
The Spectralink 84-Series Wireless Telephone Administration Guide provides a comprehensive
list of every parameter available on Spectralink 84-Series Wireless Telephones.
The Spectralink 84-Series Deployment Guide is your essential reference for provisioning and
deploying Spectralink 84-Series handsets in any environment.
The Web Configuration Utility User Guide explains how to use a web browser to configure the
Spectralink 84-Series handsets on a per handset basis.
The Spectralink 8020/8030 Wireless Telephone Handset Administration Tool document explains
how to use a software interface to configure the handsets.
Best Practices for Deploying Spectralink 87-Series PIVOT Handsets provides detailed
information on wireless LAN layout, network infrastructure, QoS, security and subnets.

White Papers
Spectralink White Papers are available at http://www.spectralink.com/resources/white-papers.
For the Spectralink 84-Series Wireless Telephones, please refer to Best Practices Guide for
Deploying Spectralink 84-Series Handsets for detailed information on wireless LAN layout,
network infrastructure, QoS, security and subnets.
For additional details on RF deployment please see The challenges of ensuring excellent voice
quality in a Wi-Fi workplace and Deploying Enterprise-Grade Wi-Fi Telephony.
These White Papers identify issues and solutions based on Spectralinks extensive experience
in enterprise-class Wi-Fi telephony. It provides recommendations for ensuring that a network
environment is adequately optimized for use with Spectralink Wireless Telephones.

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Xirrus References
All product and accessory documentation and downloads can be found on the Xirrus support
website at http://www.xirrus.com/Support/. On this site, you gain access to Xirrus technical
resources and a wealth of information about Xirrus products.

Product Support
If you encounter difficulties or have questions regarding the configuration process, please
contact Xirrus at http://www.xirrus.com/Support/ or Spectralink at http://support.spectralink.com/.

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 Chapter 2: Overview
This document provides general guidelines into configuration sections of AP, which require
considerations when interoperating with Spectralink phones. This document is based on
settings found to be successful during VIEW program testing, from AP perspective. Reader
should refer to reference documents from both vendors, if more in-depth understanding of
products from respective vendors is desired/required.
Xirrus platforms are autonomous systems, i.e. Systems with on-board controller, with multiple
dual band radios. The radios can be configured in either 2.4GHz or 5 GHz channels. Xirrus
refers to radio as Integrated Access Point (IAP).
Spectralink 8020/8030 handsets can be configured with Wi-Fi Standard QoS. On the Admin
menu navigate to Network Config> WLAN settings> Custom> QoS.
Spectralink 84-Series handsets only support Wi-Fi Standard QoS.
Refer to the PIVOT Configuration Guide for complete information on how to provision the PIVOT
handsets.

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Network Topology

Note: Example configuration shown

This is a modified diagram and not all components are shown for every
system type.

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 Chapter 3: Getting Started

Out of the Box Configuration

Default and system settings

Install and set up the device as instructed in the appropriate Installation documentation. Xirrus
devices use DHCP by default to obtain an IP address, and can be accessed at their Default
Host Name (shown in the following table) if DHCP and DNS are in operation on your network. If
the device cannot obtain an IP address from DHCP, Default IP Addresses are shown in the
following table for use as directed in the appropriate Installation documentation.

Products Default Host name Default IP Address

Access Points Units serial number 10.0.2.1

XMS-Enterprise Xirrus-xms:9443 (port 9443 for 10.0.2.10

web access)

Switches Layer 2 10.0.2.20

Switches Layer 3 10.0.2.30

Default Username admin (for all products; lower case)

Default Password admin (for all products; lower case

By default, the AP can be accessed using Web, and SSH. For all access methods, the default
user name is admin and password is admin. When using SSH, user can generally use basic
commands. To enable all the commands, user should enter configuration mode, by typing
config on the command prompt. When using the web interface, user can perform all
configuration and monitoring activities. Preferred way to work with AP is via Web interface.
Rest of this document uses Web interface screen shots to explain configuration, monitoring and
debugging.

Software Upgrades
From time to time, when newer software is released for the AP, user can upgrade the Aps using
System Tools section. Under System Tools, there are other utilities available to help manage
the system and debugging.

To change to a different AP software:

1 Go to System Tool> System
2 Click on Choose File, select the AP OS of interest, and click Upload

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3 Once uploaded, select the image from Active Software Image, Click Save & Reboot,
change the delay to 0, for immediate reboot.

Diagnostics
As we all know, there are no systems which do not encounter issues. From time to time, there
will arise a need to send in some information back to customer support to help resolve issue(s)
encountered. The System Tools, has built-in diagnostics which will create a diagnostic file on
the system, which can be sent back to customer support.

To to get a diagnostic log off of the system

1 Go to System Tools> Diagnostics
2 Click on Create button, once diagnostic file is created
3 Click on the diagnostic.log file, this will download the file to your configured directory for
the browser.
4 Send this diagnostic file to the customer support
There are other useful utilities available in System Tools to help manage system and debugging
purposes. They are pretty straight forward to use.

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 Chapter 4: WLAN Configurations
VIEW Pre-Certification Test Plan calls for AP to be able to support various SSIDs, using
different type encryption to cover all supported installation types by Spectralink. One of the first
things to do on the AP is to create multiple SSIDs, using required security setting as may be
needed for testing. User may also choose to create a single SSID and keep changing it security
settings based on test case being executed.

Security Settings
To manage SSIDs
1 Go to SSIDs> SSID Management page. Here you will see already existing SSIDs in the
system. In order to edit any existing SSID, Click on the SSID name. All the applicable
parameters for the SSID are made available to change.
2 To create a new SSID, Enter the name of the SSID and click on Create button.
3 Change parameters from the pull down menus and checkboxes for the SSID as needed.
One particular checkbox of interest is Global, which implies, use global security
settings for the SSID. Preferred setting is to uncheck this box, and make the settings for
SSID, as unique.
4 SSID page also provides traffic limiting, QoS and Scheduling parameters per SSID level,
among others as seen from the screenshot below.

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WEP
For WEP enabled SSID, simply create a new SSID, and use the pulldown menu from
Encryption/Authentication, select WEP type, WEP/Open. WEP only allows global-security
settings to be used for encryption keys. To change an existing SSID, to WEP encryption, simply
change the type by selecting WEP from Encryption/Authentication.

Remember to set/change the global-security for WEP SSIDs. To set/change the global security
parameters
1 Go to Security> Global Settings, as seen in the screenshot below
2 Select appropriate Encryption Key to set, and use proper ASCII (5 or 13) or Hex (10 or
26) values
3 Change the Default Key to which ever key needs to be default key

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WPA-PSK
For WPA-PSK enabled SSID, simply create a new SSID, and use the pulldown menu from
Encryption/Authentication, select WPA/802.1x type. Uncheck the Global checkbox, this will
present parameters to further configure WPA parameters, namely Encryption Cipher and
Authentication. For WPA-PSK, pick TKIP as the cipher, and pick PSK as the authentication
method. Provide the Preshared Key.

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WPA2-PSK
For WPA2-PSK enabled SSID, simply create a new SSID, and use the pulldown menu from
Encryption/Authentication, select WPA2/802.1x type. Uncheck the Global checkbox, this will
present parameters to further configure WPA parameters, namely Encryption Cipher and
Authentication. For WPA2-PSK, pick AES as the cipher, and pick PSK as the authentication
method. Provide the Preshared Key.

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WPA2-Enterprise
For WPA-PSK enabled SSID, simply create a new SSID, and use the pulldown menu from
Encryption/Authentication, select WPA/802.1x type. Uncheck the Global checkbox, this will
present parameters to further configure WPA parameters, namely Encryption Cipher and
Authentication. For WPA2-Enterprise, pick WPA2/802.1x as the cipher, and pick EAP as the
authentication method. Provide all the Authentication-Server related parameters.

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QoS
In order to properly manage traffic through the system, user can pick appropriate QoS value
from the pull down menu, for QoS in the SSID definition. The values range from 0 to 3,
mapping as follows:
Background: 0
Best Effort: 1
Video: 2
Voice: 3
When a lower priority is received, it sent at the QoS Setting of the SSID, whereas traffic with
higher priority than what is set, is sent unchanged.
DSCP if enabled, overrides the QoS Setting in SSID definition, and DSCP mappings are used
for traffic prioritization.

DSCP

To enable DSCP
1 Go to IAPs> DSCP Mappings, choose the On radio button to enable it.
2 Choose DSCP to QoS Mappings as may be required by test

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Following screen shot shows the DSCP settings page with values set appropriately for
Spectralink DSCP tag defaults.

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 Chapter 5: IAP Configurations
Set the IAP related parameters to ensure proper coverage and overall efficiency of WLAN
solution. Efficiency of WLAN can be thought of as overall coverage, overall user experience in
regards to performance observed, roaming and voice quality of the handset.
IAP configuration involves adjusting parameters at global levels, which apply to all IAPs and IAP
specific settings which apply to individual IAP.

Global Settings
The following screenshot shows the IAPs> Global Settings page. Adjust the parameters as may
be required for best deployment.
For VIEW testing,
Beacons DTIM Period: 2
WMM ACM Video and WMM ACM Voice on, and CAC bandwidth 10% on an IAP and
30% on bgn IAP. If a version of the 87-series software before 1.5 is in use, WMM ACM
Video and Voice must be off.
ARP Filtering: Proxy
Multicast Processing: Send Multicast unmodified
Besides Global Settings, there are other global settings, specific to 11an, 11bgn, and 11n which
may need to be adjusted based on deployment needs.

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Beacon

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Multicast Settings

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Basic and Supported Rates

For the best performance under heavy load, it is recommended that basic and supported rates
of 1 and 2 be disabled in global-bgn.

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Individual IAP Settings

To adjust individual IAP parameters
Go to IAP> IAP Settings page.
Here user can change IAP specific parameters as seen below:

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